HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations with
a vision of a world where older people fulfill their potential to lead active,
dignified, healthy and secure lives.

HelpAge’s strategic aim for its work in emergencies is to ensure that older
people receive humanitarian assistance as they are entitled to according to
humanitarian principles.

We
achieve this by implementing responses to emergencies and, using the evidence
of our programmes and research, influencing the policy and programmes of other
humanitarian aid providers – including national governments – to ensure they
meet the needs of older people.

Overall purpose of the Job:

To ensure coordination of effective stakeholder engagement at all levels of the
organization, to support a well-coordinated and strategic resource acquisition
effort that focuses on HelpAge International’s thematic areas and core
competencies.

Job content and Key Tasks

Profile
HelpAge International through appropriate representation with Donors ,
Government , Peer Organizations and other key stakeholders

Actively
seek and identify funding opportunities and develop proposals with
compliance to donor requirements and technical support from different
departments and program managers

Preparation
and compilation of various documents and reports

Liaise
with the M&E Coordinator to ensure accurate data for learning,
advocacy work and preparation of reports

Assist
the Emergency Program Manager in tracking the status of project
implementation in regard to donor compliance, documentation, learning and
sharing;

Participate
in key humanitarian coordination forums and cluster meetings in order to
highlight issues of older people in emergencies.

Actively
identify and seize opportunities for influencing policies and strategies.

Keep
abreast of best practise developments in the humanitarian and DRR sectors
and ensure they are applied in HelpAge emergency response and DRR
programmes

Support
affiliates and partners in Kenya in relation to emergency response and DRR
programmes, establishing systems and procedures and ensuring regular
monitoring of programmes, including evaluation and audit missions.

Document
experience gained in HelpAge’s emergency and DRR programmes as well as
other sources in order to share evidence and learning and disseminate good
practise.

Develop
collaborative and partnership operations with other operational agencies
in order to mainstream response to the needs of older people.

Be
involved in the organization of training and other events organized at the
EWCARDC;

Participate
in the activities of the East, West and Central Africa Regional
Development Centre;

To
undertake any other duties as assigned by the management.

The
post holder is expected to operate within all HelpAge’s policies and
procedures.

Person Specification

Essential
Bachelor’s Degree in development studies or social sciences.

5
years’ work experience with preferable with an INGO in a similar
role

HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations with
a vision of a world where older people fulfill their potential to lead active,
dignified, healthy and secure lives.

With more than 70 affiliates and 300 partners across more than 50 countries the
HelpAge International network brings together hundreds of organisations
worldwide. HelpAge International has a secretariat with offices in London and
Brussels, five regional centres in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, the
Caribbean and Central Asia, seven national programmes and a number of
emergencies.

Background to the HSNP

The Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) is a major joint GoK/DFID initiative
that seeks to reduce extreme poverty in Kenya and support the establishment of
a government-led national social protection system delivering long-term,
guaranteed cash transfers to extremely poor and vulnerable people to improve
access to food, protect assets and reduce the impact of shocks.

The HSNP programme was to be implemented in two phases. The objective of now
completed Phase I (April 2007 - March 2012) was to design and pilot
cost-effective mechanisms for beneficiary targeting, payment delivery and
grievance management in four districts (Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and
Wajir).

Phase
II (2012-2017) is expected to roll out the mechanism developed in Phase I,
along with the processes for payments and grievance management, to 150,000
households.

Overall purpose of the Job:

The incumbent will provide support to the execution of the programme by
managing data and information collected from the field sites and disseminating
it to various stakeholders, developing learning components and documenting good
practices in accordance with the plans, budgets and terms and conditions of the
contract and to contribute to HSNP and Social Protection as a whole.

Job content and Key Tasks

To
ensure up to date collection of data and capture of data on the MIS

Define
and refine the data collection tools to ensure regular accurate and up to
date data collection

To
analyse data and play a key role in the compilation of donor reports

To
ensure that HelpAge MIS has all data and the data is accurate and all
authorised stakeholders have access.

To
identify learning opportunities, develop and disseminate information on
key lessons learnt from the programme to DFID,HSNP managing consultants
,HelpAge network and other stakeholders

Preparation
and compilation of various documents and reports on the project

Prepare
briefing materials for site visit teams and consultants;

Monitor
the progress of implementation of the learning strategy developed

Liaise
with the M&E Coordinator to ensure accurate data for learning,
advocacy work and preparation of reports

Assist
the HSNP Manager and Social Protection Coordinators in tracking the status
of project implementation in regard to advocacy, data disaggregation,
learning and sharing, grievance management;

Support
the learning and advocacy initiatives of the HSNP by ensuring that
partners include learning and advocacy in the designing, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of grievance Mechanism put in place.

Be
involved in the organization of training and other events organized at the
EWCARDC;

Participate
in the activities of the East, West and Central Africa Regional
Development Centre;

Conduct
training for data officers and ensure data officers have the capacity to
effectively utilise the MIS system

To
undertake any other duties as assigned by the management.

Person
Specification

Essential
Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following fields: social sciences,
Information technology, information management, relational database design
and development, statistics 3 years work experience with an NGO, with at
least one year in a Learning and information management role

Excellent
data collection, processing, analysis, interpretation and management using
various database software and such as Microsoft Excel, SAS, SPSS among
others.

HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations with
a vision of a world where older people fulfill their potential to lead active,
dignified, healthy and secure lives.

With
more than 70 affiliates and 300 partners across more than 50 countries the
HelpAge International network brings together hundreds of organisations
worldwide.

HelpAge
International has a secretariat with offices in London and Brussels, five
regional centres in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean and
Central Asia, seven national programmes and a number of emergencies.

Background to the HSNP

The Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) is a long term social protection
programme in Kenya funded by UKaid from the Department for international
Development, AusAID and in partnership with the ministry for Development OF
Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands.

The
aim is to reduce extreme poverty; vulnerability and hunger and also develop a
national social protection framework in Kenya. The programmes aims to achieve
its objectives by delivering long-term guaranteed cash transfers to extremely
poor and vulnerable households to improve access to food protect assets and
reduce the impact of shocks.

HelpAge is one of the consultants that was mandated to deliver the social
protection rights component in the just completed phase 1 of the HSNP programme
and has been contracted to deliver the social protection rights component in
phase 2 which will run from 2012 to 2017.

The
programme is being implemented in Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit and Turkana
districts with HelpAge’s role in the programme being to promote the realization
of rights of programme beneficiaries and the rights of the wider communities in
all the four counties.

It
is expected that HelpAge will work with government institutions and other
stakeholders to realise its objectives and ultimately handover its
responsibilities to the government to ensure a sustainable rights based
grievance mechanism.

Overall Job Purpose

The post-holder will be responsible for management of HSNP Social Protection
Rights project in Northern Kenya.

Responsibilities:

Project
management of the HSNP SPR component including Contract Management,
coordination of field teams and financial management